End gate



M. W. WHIITE ET AL END GATE Filwd April 1'? 1922 WITNESS:

INVENTOR ATTORNEY H. MIIW'E ET M.

END GATE Filwd April 17. 1922 2 ShWW-$he@t 2 I NVENTOR WITNESS: A'ITORNEY .hpplicut'lun died llprll ll, W22. tterlal lto. lihhdlllt.

To ail whom it y concern:

c it lrnownthat we, Howaau Wnrre and Win Tunnumn citiaens oi the lllnited States, residing at Kent, in the a county oi llnion and State oi lowa have invented new and useiul improvements in End Gates, oi which the iollowing is a speccation.

This invention relates to improvements in it and gates ior dump carts, wagons, truelrs and similar vehicles. 0

tin ohject oi thepresent invention is the provision oi means ior adjusting and holding the gee in any desired ad usted position,

it wherehy the gate in addition to heing held closed, may he held open at any desired angle.

With the ahove and other ohyects in view, the invention iurther includes the iollowing novel ieatures and details oi construction, to

it he hereinaiter ore iully descrihed, illus trated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

in the drawisz ll igurel is a rear elevation oi a wagon it or truclr with the invention applied.

Figure 2 is a hcriaontal sectional view oi the as, I

hire 3 is a side elevation showing the rear end oi a dump cart or wagon with the at end gate partly open. 0

Fire dis a central vertical sectional view talren transversely through the end ate w hire ti is a detail perspective view oi as one oi the sleeves and the channeled guide carried therehy.

ll igure ti is a similar view oi the comhined hearing hraclret and handle.

T ire l is an enlarged iragmentary heras iaontal section talren on a line with one oi the loclnng rods.

ldeierring in detail to the drawings, wherein lilre characters oi reicrence denote corresponding parts, the reierence character 10 ll indicates a portion oi the hody oi a vehicle having an end gate it which is hingedly connected thereto along its upper edge as shown at 12.. Eutending through the gate ll is a pivot holt l3 and one end oi this holt l ertends through a hraclret 1d, the said hraclret heing extended to provide a handle or grip 15,, having its opposite ends connected to the end to serve hot as a hearing or support ior the ate. The hraclret is thus made outer end oi the pivot holt l3 and as a handle at ior convenience in opening and closing the end gate, p

ounted upon the pivot holt' l3 hetween a washer to and a sleeve 17, is an operating lever 18, one end oi which is bent to provide till a andle l2. Pivotally secured to the operating lever 12 upon opposite sides oi the pivot holt 11.3 are the inner ends oi rods 20. These rods are slidahle through guide sleeves 2t which extend through cleats provided at each side edge'oi the end gate ll. The outer ends oi these sleeves have mounted thereon channel-shaped guides 22, the outer ends oi the sleeves heing upset or turned over so that the guides 22 will he swiveled upon the sleeves hetween this upset portion and. the cleats oi the end gate. The rods 20 may thus he projected through the sleeves 2]. and guides 22 so as to engage soclrets 23 provided in the hody 10 oi the vehicle and when so 75 engaged, the end gate will he held in closed position.

Pivotally secured to the standards 24k, or other convenient portion oi the hody 10 as shown at 25, are the upper ends oi hars 26. These hars are provided with openings 27 and are adapted to be received within the channel-shaped guides 22 and as the latter are permitted a pivotal movement upon the sleeves 21, the end gate ll may he swung 35 upon its hinges with the bars 26 sliding within the guides. The openings 27 oi these guides may thus he hrought into register with the hore oi the sleeves, so that the rods 20 may he projected through these openin s W and the gate held open at any desired ang e. The rods 20 also pass through openin s in the bars 26 when the gate is closed an aid in holding the gate in this position.

The invention is susceptible oi various i5 changes in its iorm, proportions and minor details oi construction and the right is herein reserved to make such chan ,es as properly iall within the scope oi t e appended claims. mi

Having descrihed the invention what is claimed is l. The comhination with a vehicle hody having an end gate, oi hars pivotally secured to the vehicle hody at each side oi the WW gate, guides carried hy the gate and slidingly engaging the hers and means operatively mounted upon the gate ior engagehaving an end gate, of bars ment inopenings provided in said bars to hold the gate in adjusted position.

2. Thecombination with a vehicle body i I ivotally secured to the vehicle body at eac side of the gate, guides carried by the gate and slidlngl engaging the bars and means operashaped guides swiveled upon each side of the gate to receive the bars and means operatively mounted upon the gate for engagement in the openings of the bars to hold the gate in adjusted position.

4, The combination with a vehicle having an end gate, of bars pivotally secured to the vehicle body at each side of the gate and having openings therein, sleeves located at each side of the gate, channel-shaped guides pivotally mounted upon the outer ends of the sleeves to receive the bars and means including locking rods movable longitudinally through the sleeves for engagement in the openings of the bars to hold the gate in adjusted position.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

HOWARD W. WHITE. WILLIAM LININGER. 

